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How do bedbugs work?

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How do bedbugs work?

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You might find it annoying when the person you sleep beside steals the blanket, but what about sleeping near something that steals your blood? Bedbugs are back. Many of us didn’t even know they were real. They’d all but vanished from the United States after the 1950s, when saturating an infected home with DDT was a common (and quite effective) practice. But DDT has been on the no-no list for some time now. That and a steady increase in international travel are the most probable sources for the steady rise in bedbug infestation, especially in large cities, over the last 10 years or so. Insect Image Gallery Bedbugs, or Cimex lectularius, feed on humans and other animal hosts, like birds and

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